Q&A
Dinosaurs hold a special place in our imaginations. These ancient animals seem almost too strange to be real, and yet they walked the Earth for around 186 million years – far longer than we've existed. Although they died out about 65 million years before the first humans appeared, we've learnt a lot about them through the incredible process of fossilisation. The secrets of the dinosaurs are lying there, beneath our feet, just waiting to be uncovered.
The age of reptiles
The Mesozoic Era, when dinosaurs existed, is split into three geological Periods…
Triassic Period 252 to 201 mya
Dinosaurs first evolved on an Earth very different from